The Tell-Tale Heart Story

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The Tell-Tale HeartCharactersThe Unknown NarratorThe old manThe narrator's sanityThe three officersA man or a woman?The relationship between the narratorand the old manPlot AnalysisThe StorySettingIntroductionThe vulture eyeNarrative HookEvent #1Event #2Event #3ClimaxWhy he kills the old manResolutionThe Unknown Narratordecided to kill the old manbecause he haves a vulture eyeParanoia and mental deteroriation.The story takes place in the houseof the Unknown NarratorThemeParanoia and mental deterioration.HeartReality vs. ImaginationThe Unknown Narrator says that he's not insaneor maybe, he's trying to persuade himself that he's not insanehe was nervous...The Unknow Narrator as been arrestedHe becomes crazybecause he's hearing the heart of the old manHe screamed to the officers that he putted the body under the planksFinally he confessed what he didHallucination...He tried for seven nightsThe eyes... always closedSo he could not kill "the eye"Finally, the eighth nightThe old man wakes up, so the narrator could finally sees his eye...The Unknown Narrator stays in his room...waiting for the old man fall asleep againHe finally decided to kills the old man!The unknown narrator cleaned everything by the morningAt the time, three officers came to the housethe neighbour heard a scream during the nightDescriptionMoralFear vs. NarratorReality vs. ImaginationThe opposition between old and youngLiterary elementsPoint of viewWho's living with the old manFirst person narrator(It is the hero who tells the story)ConflictCrisisRising actionClimaxDistinction between the eye and the old manFear of the narratorFalling actionNo informationsOur opinionResolutionParanoiaAntagonistProtagonistTheyarethesamecharacter.So What LevelItistheunknowncharacter.A relation very ambiguousBy Edgar Allan PoeA presentation by Andréanne Théberge-Dupuis, Jonathan Petitclerc, Pascale Paquin and Philippe BabinEpiphanyFlash backF ilIronyMoodThe EndThe EndA lot of details about how he killed the old man and almost nothing about the characters themselvesThere were not a lot of descriptions about the characters so we wasn't able to find foilsWhole story, except the exposition“ It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain, but, once conceived, it haunted me day and night […] I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye for ever.”So what level - We think that he has been arrested and interrogated by the three officersSo what level - We think that the resolution is the beginning of the storyThe narrator heards the heart of the old man beats after he killed himThe conflict is between the narrator and the vulture eye of the old man."I [...] was about to open the lantern, when my thumb slipped upon the tin fastening, and the old man sprang up in the bed, crying out, "Who's there?" [...] "[...] "It was the beating of the old man's heart [...] the hellish tattoo of the heart increased. It grew quicker and quicker, and louder and louder, every instant. [...] "" [...] The old man's hour had come! With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once -- once only. [...] "When the narrator starts to explain the whole story until he opens the door to the three officersDisgusted"I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him"ForeshadowingThe Title...The tell-tale HeartTell Tale : The Narrator is "telling" his "tale" to the police officers that have arrested him...Heart : It's makes a reference to the heart of the old man that makes the Unknown Narrator goes crazyThe heart in this story is like the rain for Annie Wilkes in Misery, it gived the blues to the Unknown NarratorIn the story, the Unknown Narrator is making reference to the heart of the old man that is beating fasterHe works so hard to cover up his crime and at the end, he tells what he did to the officersdue to the fear of the Old Man because he knows that something's wrong..." [...] why will you say that I am mad [...] "So, it's also a tale of fear telled by the heart of the old man..." [...] The disease had sharpened my senses [...] "Discovery" [...] I heard many things in hell [...] "" [...] Madmen know nothing. [...] You should have seen how wisely I proceeded -- with what caution -- with what foresight, with what dissimulation, I went to work! [...] "The narrator is insane, even if he tried to convince us that he is notForeshadowingDiscovery" It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain [...] I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever. "" [...] I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him [...] "" [...] All in vain; because Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim. [...] "" [...] The old man's hour had come! [...] "The old man going to dies.ForeshadowingDiscoveryThe narrator will confess his murder because of the beating of the heart" [...] Meantime the hellish tattoo of the heart increased. It grew quicker and quicker, and louder and louder, every instant [...] "" [...] I placed my hand upon the heart and held it there many minutes. There was no pulsation [...] "" [...] in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim. [...] "" [...] It grew louder -- louder -- louder! [...] Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God! -- no, no? They heard! -- they suspected! -- they KNEW! -- they were making a mockery of my horror! [...] " "" [...] anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this derision! [...] "Captivate